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Peer reviewed publications
- Bodó, B., Gervais, D. J., & Quintais, J. P. (2018). Blockchain and smart contracts: the missing link in copyright licensing? International Journal of Law and Information Technology. DOI: 10.1093/ijlit/eay014\
- Bodó, B., & Giannopoulou, A. The Logics of Technology Decentralization: the Case of Distributed Ledger Technologies. In M. Ragnedda, & G. Destefanis (Eds.), Blockchain and Web 3.0: Social, Economic, and Technological Challenges Routledge, Forthcoming https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3330590
- Giannopoulou, A. & Ferrari V., Distributed Data Protection and Liability on Blockchains. In S. S. Bodrunova et al. (Eds.), INSCI 2018 Workshops, LNCS 11551, Springer, 2019, pp. 203–211. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-17705-8_17
- Giannopoulou, A. (2019). Access and reuse of machine-generated data for scientific research. Erasmus law review, 2019(2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.5553/ELR.000136
- Giannopoulou, A. (2018). Understanding Open Data Regulation: An Analysis of the Licensing Landscape. In B. van Loenen, G. Vancauwenberghe, & J. Crompvoets (Eds.), Open Data Exposed (pp. 101-125). (Information Technology and Law Series; Vol. 30). The Hague: Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-261-3_6 [details]
- Quintais, J. P., Bodó, B., Giannopoulou, A. & Ferrari, V., Blockchain and the Law: A Critical Evaluation: [Review of: P. De Filippi, A. Wright (2018) Blockchain and the law : the rule of code]. 2019, In : Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy. 2, 1, p. 86-112.
- Giannopoulou, A. (2020). Algorithmic systems: the consent is in the detail?. Internet Policy Review, 9(1). DOI: 10.14763/2020.1.1452
- Giannopoulou, A (2020). Data Protection Compliance Challenges for Self-Sovereign Identity. In Prieto, J. et al. (Eds.): BLOCKCHAIN 2020, AISC 1238, pp. 91-100.
- Bodó, B. (2020). Mediated trust: A theoretical framework to address the trustworthiness of technological trust mediators. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820939922
- Ferrari, V. (2020). The regulation of crypto-assets in the EU: Investment and payment tokens under the radar. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. https://doi.org/10.1177/1023263X20911538
- Bodó, B., Brekke, J. K., & Hoepman, J-H. (2020). Decentralisation in the blockchain space. In Glossary of distributed technologies – a work-in-progress. Internet Policy Review. https://policyreview.info/open-abstracts/decentralisation-blockchain-space
- Bodó, B., & Becker, M. (2020). Trust / trustless. In Glossary of distributed technologies – a work-in-progress (Internet Policy Review). Internet Policy Review. https://policyreview.info/open-abstracts/trust-trustless
- Bodó, B., Hoepman, J-H., & Brekke, J. K. (2021). Decentralisation: a multidisciplinary perspective. Internet Policy Review. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.14763/2021.2.1563
- Giannopoulou, A. & Wang, F. (2021). Self-sovereign identity. Internet Policy Review, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1550
- Giannopoulou, A. (2021), Putting Data Protection by Design on the Blockchain, European Data Protection Law Review, 7(3):388-399.
- Giannopoulou, A. (2021), Digital identification: Exploring the realization of self-sovereignty in personal data (Ψηφιακή ταυτοποίηση. Εξερευνώντας την πραγμάτωση της αυτοκυριαρχίας στα προσωπικά δεδομένα), Diaplous Aftodioikisi, 34(6):311-322, https://www.diaplous-autodioikisi.gr/images/protasi/teyxos_34.pdf, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4194876
- Bodó, B. & Irion, K. & Janssen, H. & Giannopoulou, A. (2021). Personal data ordering in context: the interaction of meso-level data governance regimes with macro frameworks. Internet Policy Review, 10(3).
- Janssen, H. L. (2021). Persoonlijke PIMS: privacyfort of luchtkasteel? Privacy & Informatie (5/2021).
- Ferrari, V. (2021). Introducing the glossary of decentralised technosocial systems. Internet Policy Review, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1546
- Bodó, B., & Janssen, H. L. (2022). Maintaining trust in a technologized public sector. Policy & Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puac019
- Bodó, B., Giannopoulou, A., Mezei, P., & Quintais, J. P. (2022). The Rise of NFTs: These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For. European Intellectual Property Review, 2022(5), 268-283. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4000423
- Janssen, H. & Singh, J. (2022). Data Intermediary. Internet Policy Review 11 (1) DOI:10.14763/2022.1.1644. https://policyreview.info/glossary/data-intermediary
- Janssen, H. & Singh, J. (2022). Personal Information Management Systems. Internet Policy Review 11 (2) DOI: 10.14763/2022.2.1659. https://policyreview.info/glossary/personal-information-management-systems
- Ferrari V., (2022) The platformisation of digital payments: The fabrication of consumer interest in the EU FinTech agenda. Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 45. 105687, ISSN 0267-3649, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105687., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4114033
- Giannopoulou, A. & Eynard J. (2022), Blockchain and the challenge of digital identity, Journal International de bioethique et d’ethique des sciences, special issue “Blockchain et société”, Accepted/In press
- Giannopoulou, A. (2022), ‘Sharing is caring’: Creative Commons, transformative culture, and moral rights protection. In Gendreau, Y. (ed.), Research Handbook on Moral Rights and IP, Edward Elgar Publishing https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3947081
- Giannopoulou, A. (2022). Allocating Control in Decentralised Identity Management. European Review of Digital Administration & Law, 75-87. https://doi.org/10.53136/97912599475299
- Alexandra Giannopoulou, Jef Ausloos, Sylvie Delacroix, Heleen Janssen, Intermediating data rights exercises: the role of legal mandates, International Data Privacy Law, 2022;, ipac017, https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipac017
- Giannopoulou, A. (2023). Digital Identity Infrastructures: A Critical Approach of Self-Sovereign Identity. Digital Society, 2(2), 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44206-023-00049-z
- Ferrari, V. “Money after Money : Disassembling Value/information Infrastructures.” N.p., 2023. Print.
Blockchain&Society Research Nodes series
- Ferrari, V., Quintais, J. P., Giannopoulou, A., & Bodó, B. (2018). Report on the “GDPR, data policy and compliance” workshop organized by the EU Blockchain Observatory. (Blockchain&Society Research Nodes; Vol. 1, No. 1). Institute for Information Law. Download
- Bodó B. , Quintais J.P., Giannopoulou A., & Ferrari V. (2018). Trust in decentralized data infrastructures. (Blockchain&Society Research Nodes; Vol. 1, No. 2). Institute for Information Law. Download
- Giannopoulou, A., Bodó, B., Ferrari, V., & Quintais, J. P. (2019), Report on “Validation rules for blockchain research: International workshop on scholarly blockchain research priorities” (Blockchain&Society Research Nodes; Vol. 2, No. 1). Institute for Information Law. Download
- Bodó, Balázs (2020) Trust, Blockchain-based Technologies, Public Sector, and the Social Good. Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab Research Nodes 2020/1 Download
- Giannopoulou, Alexandra (2020), Digital Identity and Trust: Response to the Open Public Consultation on the eIDAS Regulation. Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab Research Nodes 2020/2 Download
- Bodó, B. (2021). The commodification of trust. Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab Research Nodes 2021/1. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3843707
- Bodó, B., & De Filippi, P. (2022). Trust in Context: The Impact of Regulation on Blockchain and DeFi. SSRN Amsterdam Law School Legal Research Paper Series. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4051842
Policy documents, policy work
- Bodó, B., van de Pol, J., van Deventer, O., Hoepman, J-H., van den Hoven, J., de Kok, A., … Stevens, M. Dutch Blockchain Research Agenda Download
- Bodó, B. (2020). Trust, blockchain-based technologies, institutions, and the social good. In Scanning the European Ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social and Public Good (pp. 88-91). European Commission – Joint Research Centre. https://doi.org/10.2760/802653
- Digital Identity Advisory Board, Ministry of Interior Netherlands
- Data Governance Reading Group
Events
- 31 May, 2021, SPUI25: Trust in digital society
- 4 April, 2021, IPR Glossary Launch: The Lexicon of Digital Cultures: Organizing Knowledge in Times of Digital Transformation, online
- 8 March, 2021, Mozilla Festival 2021: Trust production with technology
- 5 June, 2019, Courts and the Decentralized Internet, Courts and Internet Governance, Brussels
- 17 May, 2019, To Decentralize Everything, Hash Here: Blockchains and Information Law– Panel at TILTing Perspectives 2019
- 30 January, 2019, Blockchain technology and the GDPR: the beginning of a beautiful privacy whac-a-mole?– Panel at CPDP Conference
- 17 October, 2018, Seoul Copyright Forum 2018 – blockchains and copyright
- 5 October, 2018, Amsterdam Privacy Conference – data protection and privacy workshop (in cooperation with APC2018)
- 28 September, 2018 Eliza Mik guest lecture
- 24 May, 2018, Barlaeus dinner on Trust in distributed data infrastructures (in cooperation with IXA Information Exchange Amsterdam)
- 12 February, 2018 Blockchain, Law & Policy workshop (in cooperation with BLES—Business Law and Economics Symposium and the Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich)
- 5 July, 2017, Blockchain and Copyright Symposium (in cooperation with the Data protection and Privacy Summer course/IViR)
Press
- Janssen, Heleen (2021): Building the Human Network into the Law, “The Encrypted Economy” Podcast, https://theencryptedeconomy.com/podcast/building-the-human-network-into-the-law-drs-jennifer-cobbe-and-heleen-janssen-universities-of-manchester-and-amsterdam-e71/
- Bodó, B. (2021). The commodification of trust. Web publication/site, LSE Business Review. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2021/06/21/the-commodification-of-trust/
- Bodó, B. , & De Filippi, P. . (2022). Trust in Context: The Impact of Regulation on Blockchain and DeFi. Web publication/site, Oxford Business Law Blog. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog/2022/05/trust-context-impact-regulation-blockchain-and-defi
- Giannopoulou, A., Quintais, J. P. , Mezei, P. , & Bodó, B. . (2021). The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyright Blog. http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/04/14/the-rise-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-role-of-copyright-law-part-i/
- Giannopoulou, A., Quintais, J. P. , Mezei, P. , & Bodó, B. . (2021). The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyright Blog. http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/04/14/the-rise-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-role-of-copyright-law-part-ii/
- Bodó, B. (01-03-2021). Trust in the Blockchain Society. online documentary. Trust in the Blockchain Society.
- Bodó, B. (03-11-2020). TrustTalk – Three dimensions of Technology-Mediated Trust TrustTalk podcast. Three dimensions of Technology-Mediated Trust.
- Blockchain could democratise banking, music – but at what cost?, Horizon, 13 March 2019, interview with Balazs Bodo
- De invloed van nieuwe technologieën op de maatschappij valt vaak wat tegen, New Scientist, April, 2018, interview with Balazs Bodo
- 1,5 miljoen voor onderzoek naar maatschappelijke impact van blockchain, AG Connect, 22 February, interview Balázs Bodó;
- Bodó, Balázs (16-12-2017): Muziek terwijl u de artiest direct betaalt [Print] Het Financieele Dagblad. Muziek terwijl u de artiest direct betaalt.
- Bodó, Balázs (10-11-2017): Nederlandse bedrijven testen tientallen vernieuwingen voor economie[Print] De Telegraaf. Nederlandse bedrijven testen tientallen vernieuwingen voor economie.
- Quintais, J. P. (Author), Bodó, B. (Author), & Groeneveld, L. (Author). (2017). Blockchain Copyright Symposium: Summary Report. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyrigth Blog: Kluwer Copyright Blog.
- Quintais, J. P. (Author), & Bodó, B. (Author). (2017). Blockchain Copyright Symposium. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyright Blog.
Talks, conference presentations, workshops
- 10 Jul 2022, Digital geographies of power: the scale of digital money infrastructures, Fractious Connections: Anarchy, Activism, Coordination, and Control, SASE’s 34th Annual Meeting
- 2 Jun 2022, The Rise of Nfts: These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For, Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 27 May 2022, The Commodification of Trust, 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France
- 27 May 2022, The Platformisation of Digital Payments: The Fabrication of Consumer Interest in the EU FinTech Agenda 28 May 2022 , 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference,
- 25 May 2022, Is a European Data Strategy Without Trade-offs Between Economic Efficiency and Fundamental Rights Protection Possible?, CPDP-conference
- 24 May 2022, The Platformisation of Digital Payments: The Fabrication of Consumer Interest in the EU FinTech Agenda, CPDP-conference
- Blockchain and the Law 2 ECTs / 12h course at the LL.M. International Business Law LL.M. Law in a Digital Economy , https://catolicalaw.fd.lisboa.ucp.pt/course/blockchain-and-law-blockchain-and-law
- 4 Mar 2022, Measures taken by platforms to mitigate risks, EU-US TTC Workshop 2: Algorithmic Amplification
- 17 Feb 2022, The commodification of trust, Trust and the Governance of Technology: GOVTRUST Annual Symposium 2021, Antwerp, Belgium
- 14 Apr 2022, Techno-legal Challenges in Digital Identity Infrastructures: the Example of Self Sovereign Identities, Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies,
- 23 May 2022, Encoding identities: the case of commercial DNA databases, panel organizer, CPDP, 2021
- 2 Dec 2021, The Competition of Data Ordering Approaches, Impact of Technological Advances on Individuals: Interaction of Law & Informatics , Würzburg , Germany
- 18 Nov 2021, Mediated trust: a theoretical framework to address the trustworthiness of technological trust mediators, “Time to Reshape the Digital Society”: celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the CRIDS, Namur, Belgium
- 4 Nov 2021, The commodification of trust, faculty seminar talk, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Universiteit van Amsterdam
- 23 Oct 2021, Blockchains & Digital Activism, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands, https://www.whitepapersondissent.xyz/panel-discussion/blockchains-digital-activism
- 12 Oct 2021, Senate expert session about AI: proportionality examination – better legal regulation of AI-systems, Expert session organised by the Senate of the Netherlands. https://www.eerstekamer.nl/commissievergadering/20211012_j_v
- 6 Oct 2021, Trust, Blockchain-based Technologies, the Public Sector, and the Social Good, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting, Toronto, Canada
- 9 Jun 2021, Opening Session – The Role of Knowledge Commons and Knowledge Commoning in Addressing Global Crises, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference
- 9 Jun 2021, The commodification of trust, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference
- 20 Apr 2021, The Human Rights Impact Assessment Roundtable at Amnesty International, Expert session organised by Amnesty International about “human rights impact assessment”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 8 March 21, Trust production with technology, Mozilla Festival 2021,
- 26 January 2021, Digital rights for change: Reclaiming infrastructures, repairing the future., Privacy Camp 2021: Platform Resistance and Data Rights, https://privacycamp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PrivacyCamp21.pdf
- 23 Nov 2021, NFTs and the Law, Vereniging Kunst, Cultuur & Recht
- 18 Nov 2021, Digital identities: between convergence, commodification, and control, “Time to Reshape the Digital Society”: celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the CRIDS, Related event, 18/11/21 → 19/11/21, Namur, Belgium
- 15 Nov 2021, Legal challenges for open data, TODO – Twinning Open Data Operational H2020 seminar, Description, 2 Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands.
- FdR overig onderzoek, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference, Resisting platformised education through data rights, Description, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference, Related event, 9/06/21 → 11/06/21
- Description, RightsCon, Related event, Panel: “Biometrics as a panacea? Resisting immunity surveillance in digital identification”, RightsCon, 7/06/21 → 11/06/21
- FdR overig onderzoek, TILTing Perspectives 2021, “What’s Work Got To Do With It? Data Rights and Platform Resistance”, Description, Related event, Degree of recognition: International, 19/05/21 → 21/05/21, TILTing Perspectives 2021 : Regulating in Times of Crisis, Tilburg , Netherlands
- Description, University of Birmingham, Visiting fellow, Degree of recognition: International
- 19 Feb 2021, Open source in open science, EOLE 2020 Webinar #4 : Open source and open science within public administrations,
- 29 Jan 2021, Governing “European values” inside data flows, Privacy Camp, Privacy Camp : Platform Resistance and Data Rights,
- B. Bodó (Speaker), D.J. Gervais (Speaker), João Quintais (Speaker), Blockchain and Smart Contracts: The Missing Link in Copyright Licensing? 12 Feb 2018, “Blockchain, Law & Policy workshop”, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Bodó, B. (keynote) (10-4-2018). Innovation in the age of distributed ledger technologies, The Future of Digital Innovation in the European Union, Brugge, Belgium.
- Bodó, B. (keynote) (24-5-2018). Keynote: Trust in Data on Blockhains, Barlaeus dinner, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Bodó, B. (keynote) (28-5-2018). Keynote: Key research questions on blockchain technologies, Advisory Board meeting of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- J.P. Quintais (Participant), #Blockchain for Good: wat zijn de opbrengsten? 26 Jun 2018, Workshop with members of projects funded by the SIDN fonds under the umbrella program “Blockchain for Good”, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Bodó, B. (speaker) (4-9-2018). The conditions of doing policy research, 5 Years of Internet Policy Review, Berlin, Germany.
- Bodó, B. (speaker) (20-9-2018). DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES AND GOVERNANCE AT SCALE – DE/RE/CONSTRUCTING THE BLOCKCHAIN NARRATIVE, The Internet, Policy & Politics Conference 2018, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains and Data Protection: a brief overview, 5 Oct 2018, Workshop: Controlling your data: the competing visions of blockchains and GDPR, part of the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 5/10/18, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Bodó, B. (speaker) (8-10-2018). The social organization of distrust: does technology have a role?, Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Bodó, B. (keynote) (17-10-2018). Will blockchain become a wave in the copyright distribution market?, Seoul Copyright Forum 2018, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
- Valeria Ferrari (Speaker), Fare Impresa e Nuove Tecnologie – Uno sguardo al fenomeno blockchain, 22 Oct 2018, Torino, Italy.
- J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 29 Nov 2018, International Conference on Blockchain, Public Trust, Law and Governance, Groningen, Netherlands, 28 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018.
- Valeria Ferrari (Speaker), Unlocking the gateways between law enforcement and blockchain technologies. A study on the enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering policies over crypto-assets, at International Conference on Blockchain, Public Trust, Law and Governance, Groningen, Netherlands, 28 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018.
- Bodó, B. (keynote) (30-11-2018). Decentralization, Objectification and the Social Organization of Distrust: Exploring the Logics of Power and Governance through (Blockchain) technology, Blockchain, Public Trust, Law and Governance, Groningen, Netherlands.
- J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 3 Dec 2018, Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab: ERC Advisory Board Meeting. J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 4 Dec 2018, Validation rules for blockchain research : International workshop on scholarly blockchain research priorities.
- Bodó, B. (speaker) (6-12-2018). The social construction of trust, and decentralized technologies, ALFA – Amsterdam Law & Finance Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Valeria Ferrari (speaker), Unlocking the gateways between law enforcement and blockchain
- technologies, JURIX 2018 : 31st International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, Groningen , Netherlands, 12/12/18. (Winner of Doctoral Consortium best paper award).
- Bodó, B. (speaker) (21-1-2019). On the notions of “trust” and “trustless”, Blockchain Workshop Theory & Practice, Paris, France.
- Balázs Bodó (Speaker), Policy questions around decentralized technologies, Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 17/02/19, Washington, DC, United States
- J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchain and Intellectual Property, Max Planck Institute (Max Planck Institute), 02/21/2019
- J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright: Beyond the Hype, 23 Feb 2019, 7th Annual MIPLC Alumni Conference on Intellectual Property and Competition Law,
- Balázs Bodó (Speaker), Trust and decentralization – talk at the interdisciplinary colloquium on Law, Technology and Society, Haifa University Law School, 14 Mar 2019
- Balázs Bodó (Speaker): How not to “mortgage our future to temporary things” – introducing the research program of the Blockchain&Society Policy Research Lab, Haifa University Law School, 13 Mar 2019
- J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 14 Mar 2019, Seminar organized by the Grup de Recerca en Dret Patrimonial, Law School, Pompeu Fabra University (International),
- Valeria Ferrari (Speaker), Crypto-assets under European financial law: legal and enforcement issues, TILTing Perspectives 2019, Tilburg University, Netherlands, 17 May 2019.